Russia Quotes

One of the things that I heard for years and years, never drive Russia and China together. And Obama has done that.

We have to do one thing at a time. We can't be fighting ISIS and fighting [Bashar]Assad. Assad is fighting ISIS. He is fighting ISIS. Russia is fighting now ISIS. And Iran is fighting ISIS.

If Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider that an asset, not a liability, because we have a horrible relationship with Russia.

Russia will have much greater respect for America when I'm leading than when other people have led it. You will see that. Russia will respect our country more.

Russia, China, Japan, Mexico, all countries will respect America far more when I'm leading it, far more than they do under past administrations.

General Mike Flynn obviously was dealing with Russia. So that's one person. But he was dealing, as he should have been.

I think I would have a very, very good relationship with Putin. And I think I would have a very, very good relationship with Russia.

I think it would be great if we got along with Russia because we could fight ISIS together, as an example.

I know nothing about the inner workings of Russia. I don't deal there. I have no businesses there. I have no loans from Russia.

I don't like [Bashir] Assad at all. But Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is killing ISIS.

If Russia and the United States got along well and went after ISIS, that would be good.

I have no relationship to Russia whatsoever.

If America can have a great relationship with Russia and with China and with all countries, I'm all for that. That would be a tremendous asset.

[Mike Flynn] didn't just call Russia, he called and spoke to, both ways, I think there were 30-some-odd countries. He was just doing his job.

Tomorrow you will say Donald Trump wants to get along with Russia, this is terrible! It's not terrible. It's good.

We had Hillary Clinton try and do a reset. We had Hillary Clinton give Russia 20% of the uranium in our country.

If we could get along with Russia, that's a positive thing. We have a very talented man, Rex Tillerson, who is going to be meeting with them shortly.

You've had a lot of presidents that haven't take that tack [get along with Russia]. Look where we are now. Look where we are now. So, if I can - now, I love to negotiate things.

For the record, I have ZERO investments in Russia.

Wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along with people, wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along, as an example, with Russia?

If our country got along with Russia, that would be a great thing.

When Putin says good things and when we have a possibility of having a good relationship with Russia.

Russia is new in terms of nuclear. America is old.

I don't like Assad at all, but Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is killing ISIS. And Iran is killing ISIS. And those three have now lined up because of our weak foreign policy.

Rex Tillerson does massive deals in Russia. He does massive deals for the company, not for himself, for the company.

It's better to get along with Russia than not.

I think it would be great if America got along with Russia because we could fight ISIS together.

If America could get along with Russia, that's a positive thing.

If America could get along with Russia - and by the way, China and Japan and everyone. If we could get along, it would be a positive thing, not a negative thing.

Don't forget, America is a very powerful nuclear country and so is Russia. There's no up-side.

Russia a very powerful nuclear country and so is America. If we have a good relationship with Russia, believe me, that's a good thing, not a bad thing.

Maybe I'm not going to be able to do a deal with Russia, but at least I will have tried. And if I don't, does anybody really think that Hillary Clinton would be tougher on Russia than Donald Trump?

You know, they say I'm close to Russia. Hillary Clinton gave away 20 percent of the uranium in the United States. She's close to Russia.

You know what I gave to Russia? You know what I gave? Nothing.

I have nothing to do with Russia. Haven't made a phone call to Russia in years. Don't speak to people from Russia. Not that I wouldn't. I just have nobody to speak to.

Folks, Russia is perhaps the second most powerful nuclear country in the world. If you don't have dialogue, you have to be fools.

You know, the people of Crimea, from what I've heard, would rather be with Russia than where they were.

I don't know Putin. He said nice things about me. If we got along well, that would be good. If Russia and the United States got along well and went after ISIS, that would be good.

I have nothing to do with Russia. To the best of my knowledge no person that I deal with does.

I have nothing to do with Russia. I have no deals there.

If we can have a good relationship with Russia and if Russia would help us get rid of ISIS, frankly, as far as I'm concerned, that would be a positive thing, not a negative thing.

There you see Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson closing a deal with [Vladimir] Putin in 2011. Two years later, he received one of Russia's highest civilian honors, the Order of Friendship.

The senate intelligence committee announced it would launch a bipartisan investigation into Russia's alleged interference in the election.

If you were disabled in Russia, you had to re-register every year, and it took up to six months to re-register, so people who lost limbs in Afghanistan had to prove that their leg hadn't grown back.

Somewhere like Russia or China, decision-makers have far fewer constraints on acting than in more open systems.

As for myself, I was never against Russia.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

Ever since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying.

I'm not a spy for Russia or China or any other country for that matter.

If not for me, the H-bomb would have been developed in Russia first. In the U.S., we'd now be speaking Russian.